Catalogue of an Exhibition of Miniatures Painted in America, 1720-1850
by Wehle, H.B
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- VG-, small label on front cover; light cover wear and art museum book plate inside front cover
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New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1927. Softcover. VG-, small label on front cover; light cover wear and art museum book plate inside front cover. Green wraps with black lettering, 75 pages, 2 leaves including frontispiece portraits 40 bw plates. Three-page introductory essay by H.B. Wehle. 58 known artists and possibly 15 unknown miniature painters represented by at least 200 examples. A ground-breaking exhibition. Brief biography of each artist given. From the exhibition of March - April 1927. "Of this catalogue two thousand copies have been printed by Yale University Press under the direction of Carl Purington Rollins in March, 1927.
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- Bookseller
- Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2865
- Title
- Catalogue of an Exhibition of Miniatures Painted in America, 1720-1850
- Author
- Wehle, H.B
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG-, small label on front cover; light cover wear and art museum book plate inside front cover
- Quantity Available
- 2
- Publisher
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1927
- Keywords
- 19th Century; American Art; Excat; Miniatures ; American Miniatures ; American Art ; Excat
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- Miniature
- A book that is less then 3 inches in width and ...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Leaves
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